Chapter 210: The Sorcerer
"He's a sorcerer. I don't know him. He looks younger than my father."
There is a difference between a sorcerer and a celestial master. A celestial master is essentially a self-proclaimed title, while a sorcerer has certain standards to test whether their abilities are up to par.
In 906-century terms, it's like one goes to school and the other learns on their own. The one who goes to school gets a diploma, while the one who learns on their own, no matter how knowledgeable, is unlikely to be recognized by the public.
Such mystical and supernatural things naturally wouldn't be taught in a dedicated course, but they all have traceable origins, either passed down through family traditions or through a master-disciple lineage.
For example, the families that practiced spirit summoning before the creation myths inherited their skills from their families. The children in these families mainly practiced the art of communicating with ghosts and gods, and were known as sorcerers by the world.
But now there is a problem. Jiang Chao himself valued the concept of ghosts and gods. If there were sorcerers in this time and space who passed down their skills through family tradition, they should not have been unknown.
Moreover, in the thousands of years of Jiang Dynasty history, the only notable figures were the almost godlike High Priest and the Grand Preceptor during the reign of Emperor Chang, who was generally regarded as the incarnation of the High Priest.
Surely a family with only one heir, who has passed down their mystical arts, must have been completely unknown to the world.
So Su Zhenzhen asked this question, "Have you ever met a sorcerer before you became human?"
Hu Yu'er nodded. "Sorcerers and Taoist priests are different. They come for profit. Even if they see demons harming people, they won't help if there's no profit to be gained. I've seen that before."
A sorcerer can be understood as a profession, or even a race. A Taoist, on the other hand, is a practitioner who takes it upon themselves to help all living beings. The former only cares about the advancement of their own cultivation, while the latter is all-encompassing in love with the world; they are, of course, different.
"I have a question," Su Zhenzhen suddenly changed the subject, "Why did you initially think I was a Taoist priest instead of a sorcerer? It's hard to tell just by looking at me, isn't it?"
“Not all Taoist priests like to wear Taoist robes, so for ordinary people, it is indeed difficult to distinguish between Taoist priests and sorcerers when they are both wearing ordinary clothes. But our souls are naturally able to smell people’s scents. Taoist priests have a light fragrance, while sorcerers have no scent. If a sorcerer has committed many evil deeds, his scent will become foul. The sorcerer I met had a faint foul smell on him.”
After listening to Hu Yu'er's words, Su Zhenzhen gave a self-reflection.
It's probably because the sorcerer cultivates himself; in other words, he doesn't look like a good person.
"Can you draw? Draw the sorcerer you met, and the scene."
Hu Yu'er said listlessly, "But I can't touch real objects right now."
“You are a soul…” Su Zhenzhen stopped midway through her sentence.
Hu Yu'er continued, "But because I was inhabited by a mortal, I am no longer an independent soul unless my physical body dies."
Because of Hu Yu'er's special circumstances, the sorcerer could extract her soul remotely without needing any hair or blood.
Because Hu Yu'er had taken advantage of a loophole to occupy this body, strictly speaking, she couldn't stay in this body.
But how could a sorcerer know about Hu Yu'er's special qualities?
Things are getting more and more complicated.
Su Zhenzhen had a headache. Hu Wen's efforts had been in vain. He had thought it was some kind of domestic power struggle, but the servants who served her had obtained Hu Yu'er's hair and blood.
But Hu Yu'er is a special case.
When a woman is pregnant, her soul is reborn, usually entering her body when the fetus begins to take human form. At this time, the body begins to possess consciousness, but because the soul's memories of its previous life have been erased, it is like a blank sheet of paper, and everything must be experienced anew. However, the fetus will still have some subconscious movements, which are commonly referred to as "fetal movement."
The timing of fetal movement varies, as does the timing of the soul's reincarnation, but it must occur before the baby is born. Therefore, it would be difficult for that sorcerer to determine Hu Yu'er's true identity solely based on fetal movement.
Furthermore, Madam Hu lived in a secluded mansion, so how could outsiders have frequent contact with her? The problem likely lay with the people around her.
However, thoroughly investigating this matter would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. The prefectural governor's mansion had many servants, some old and some young, some of whom may have even passed away. In addition, due to the passage of time, many traces have probably been lost.
"Never mind, I'll take you to see your parents first." Su Zhenzhen tried to put Hu Yu'er into a storage compartment.
However, storage compartments can only store inanimate objects. Hu Yu'er is not only not a dead soul, but is a spirit herself, a living race.
"Let's go after dark, otherwise it might scare people in broad daylight."
The journey to the prefectural governor's mansion was smooth. Although Yangcheng didn't have a curfew, the city's economic level meant that without the flow of money, there was naturally no nightlife. The people preferred to go home and sleep rather than wander the streets. Therefore, the streets were deserted.
Afraid of startling the gatekeeper, Su Zhenzhen led Hu Yu'er over the wall to enter. Fortunately, her memory had been enhanced dozens of times after being modified by the gene optimization fluid, and she remembered the layout of the prefectural governor's mansion.
They made their way unimpeded into the backyard of the prefectural governor's mansion, where Su Zhenzhen stopped in front of the bridal chamber.
Madam Hu's shrill voice was terrifying; she cried and cursed at the same time, using a multitude of words, mostly revolving around Hu Wen. Even if she dared to curse, no one dared to listen. No wonder there wasn't a soul on the journey. If the master and mistress reconciled in the future, those of them who were forced to overhear the "secret" might be silenced.
Just as Madam Hu was getting into her tirade, a sweet, coquettish voice interrupted her.
"Mother!"
As soon as Madam Hu stopped crying, the tears that had been welling up in her eyes burst forth.
"Yu'er!" Madam Hu's first reaction was not fear, but excitement as she rushed towards her daughter.
After passing her hands through Hu Yu'er's body, Madam Hu burst into tears again.
"Yu'er, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing this, Hu Yu'er couldn't help but tear up, and called out "Mother" again in a tender tone.
Seeing that Madam Hu was about to start wailing again, Su Zhenzhen coughed lightly.
“Madam Hu, your daughter’s body is lying on the bed. This is your daughter’s soul. Don’t rush to cry. Try to let the soul enter the body. If it goes well, your daughter will come back to life.”
Hu Yu'er was also anxious. She had been able to enter the baby's body for eighteen years, so this body shouldn't reject her. She hoped that her soul could return to its rightful place as soon as possible so that her mother could feel at ease.
However, when Hu Yu'er tried to crawl into the body on the bed, no matter what she did, her soul could not enter the body and kept moving back and forth on this shell.
Su Zhenzhen's heart sank; just as she had expected.
Before the creation myth, the necromancer family had not figured out how to bring a departed soul back into the body.
Now this difficult problem is left to me.
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